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    well as reciting the preamble of the Federal Constitution to back her argument. The purpose in which is to fight against the laws that hinder her ability as a citizen of the United States of America. Anthony is driving this speech to anyone who will listen, as she says “ Friends and fellow citizens,” and stand with her in the cause for women’s rights.

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    people have opposite views on the idea of the subject. Some states governments support the idea while others are totally against it. Also, within each individual state there are people that have their own opinion of the issue. Both supporters and opponents within the states have tried to pass different amendments to established laws, in which reflect their views on the subject of same sex marriage. Massachusetts is one of the few states within the nation, in which gay marriage was made legal. This

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    The Constitution of Australia is a written document, which came into effect when the six colonies federated to form the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. It consists of eight chapters and 128 sections and lays down a set of laws or restraints by which the Federal Government must operate. It establishes the composition, procedures, functions, and powers of government, government authorities, such as the Governor General and other essential institutions. The Constitution is the basic framework for

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    handicaps. Benjamin Reed describes Hazel as, “so average even her name is the eye color between brown and blue. Her natural mental state is equivalent to George’s natural mind.” (7) Reed later describes their son, Harrison Bergeron as, “[possessing] amazing strength, god like beauty and stature and (presumably) a piercing intelligence,” (8) all of the features that the United States Handicapper General, Diana Moon Glampers, is trying to make uniform and equivalent. Diana Moon Glampers has Harrison

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    become part and parcel of political constitution. Thought no punishment is given on the violation of conventions, yet the people obey these because of their utility. (http://cms.gcg11.ac.in/attachments/article/259/CONVENTION.pdf). The various scholars have given the definitions to clarify the meaning of conventions: According to ANSON: “Conventions are the customs of the constitution” According to J.S. MILL: “Conventions are unwritten maxim of the constitution”. According to Sir Ivor Jennings:

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    In the United States Constitution, there is a section called the Bill of Rights that was created to protect the rights of people. The Bill of Rights is made up of the first ten amendments that were added to the Constitution since the ratification on June 21, 1789. Overall, there have been twenty-seven amendments since its approval. Constitutional rights were originally created to protect the people from a tyrannical government. Today, we want to know what happens if our rights are not being protected

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    Not everyone in the United States agreed with the Nineteenth Amendment being passed. Two months after the Federal Government declared that the Amendment had been incorporated to the Constitution in August of 1920, Oscar Lesser “sued to stop two women [Cecilia Street Waters and Mary D. Randolph] to vote in Baltimore, Maryland. Lesser “believed the Maryland Constitution limited the suffrage to men”. He said that Maryland had refused to vote regarding the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, and

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    Guns, like many other issues of the day, have two distinct opposing views with many people in the gray area. Even when looking at a tragic situation, people will have two opposite spins on it. For example, a suicidal madman on top of the Empire State Building kills six people including himself with a gun. Gun-control advocates think that outlawing guns would have stopped the killing from ever happening. Pro-gun advocates think that it would have been stopped by innocent people being armed and fighting

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    Constitutional Democracy

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    Constitutional Democracy The basic premise of a constitutional democracy is that government has rules and all of the people have voices. Through free and fair elections we elect candidates to represent us. The Constitution of the United States guarantees us the right to do this, and to live democratically. The framers attacked tyrannical government and advanced the following ideas: that government comes from below, not from above, and that it derives its powers from the consent of the governed;

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    Should the UKs constitution remain uncodified? A constitution is a set of rules which may be written or unwritten, establishes the distribution of power in a political system, the limits of government jurisdiction, the rights of citizens and the method of amending the constitution itself. An uncodified constitution is unwritten, or at least not written all in one document. The constitution in the UK is found in a variety of sources which are mainly statute and common law, conventions and traditions

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